The Latest Breaking News from the Council of Europe

Ruling by European Court of Human Rights said Swiss government was violating rights of senior citizens by not doing enough to tackle climate crisis

Kosovo has criticized the Council of Europe’s decision against holding a vote on its membership, saying it deprived its people and especially its ethnic minorities of democratic tools offered by the continent’s top human rights body

Spokesperson for Commission president Ursula von der Leyen calls decision ‘completely regrettable’

Teacher, education adviser and politician who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of children in Britain and abroad

UN and Council for Europe add voices to outcry as more people drown within hours of ‘cruel’ Rwanda bill being passed

Britain's parliament on Monday passed a bill under which asylum seekers would be deported to Rwanda to await a decision on their applications, in a bid by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to stop people making the dangerous sea crossing to the UK across the Channel.

Decision by European court of human rights around vulnerability of older women to heatwaves marks significant shift

The body’s Committee of Ministers expressed concerns that the act breached human rights obligations.

The Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, is in a pickle. In August, he sent out a formal request to the rotating presidency of the Council of Europe for Catalan, Basque and Galician to become official EU languages. The request was part of a coalition agreement with the Catalan Independence Party,…

The new law grants immunity to fighters involved in the 30 years of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland.

The UK may leave a major international human rights agreement to help tackle small boats crossing the English Channel.